Camping in the Galaxy Haibun and Other Writings about the Natural by HelenRuggieri Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2019 by Wood Thrush Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9903343-9-2, ISBN: 0-9903343-9-2
"Camping in the Galaxy is a collection of haibun – compact prose pieces accompanied by haiku – and well-crafted essays that celebrate the natural world without turning a blind eye to the ravages of human impact. Helen Ruggieri cultivates a sense of place as she recounts life in the Allegheny bioregion of Western New York, both past and present, as well as her childhood in Pennsylvania coal country. She writes about Native Americans, deer ..."
"Remarkable, really, the way in The Kingdom Where Everybody Sings Off Key Helen Ruggieri moves from her life's early music when she was a teen angel with a Jersey Girl's desires, when in the dark of a car her angora sweater "electrified itself" as it slipped over her hair & when, somewhere, it was always 1955 with Little Richard & Elvis & doo-wop ? to, for example, the mature & spiritual reconciliations with the past that we hear in her ..."
The Poetess by HelenRuggieri Paperback, 63 Pages, Published 1981 by Uroboros Books ISBN-13: 978-0-931588-10-5, ISBN: 0-931588-10-3
"Essays. "This book is about perspectives, in many ways challenging stereotypical views of working-class culture and art with the authentic accounts of those who live and work there... The conflict between what is said and what we know, what we hear about our culture and what we experience creates a tension that many seek to remedy through expression. We found the prime motivator of most working-class writing is the drive to bridge ..."
The poetess by HelenRuggieri 63 Pages, Published 1980 by Uroboros Books ISBN-13: 978-0-931588-09-9, ISBN: 0-931588-09-X
Glimmer Girls by HelenRuggieri Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 1999 by Mayapple Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-932412-16-4, ISBN: 0-932412-16-5
"Poems that evoke the author's blue-collar, rock 'n' roll young womanhood. Sharp, gritty, honest and well-crafted."
"Japanese-themed poetry collection by award-winning poet Helen Ruggieri. Ruggieri has published in over a hundred magazines and anthologies, plus several books and chapbooks. While at Yokohama College in Japan, she became interested in the literature of early Japan. She has published haiku in the Manichi Daily News, Yomiuri Daily, and has won awards for her haiku from the International Kusamakura Haiku Competition and the Suruga Baika l ..."
"Poetry. Music. Edited by Helen Ruggieri and Linda Underhill. INCLUDES BONUS CD of songs and poems, featuring Pete Seeger, Peter LaFarge, Jerome Rothenberg and the Allegheny Valley Singers. Contributors are: Allegheny Mountain Singers of the Seneca Nation, Maggie Anderson, Murray Bodo, David Budbill, Paola Corso, Bonnie Lee Culver, R. Virgil Ellis, Arthur Erbe, Rina Ferrarelli, Howie Good, Handsome Lake, Jim Kacian, Julia Kasdorf, Mauric ..."
Concrete Madonna by HelenRuggieri Paperback, 23 Pages, Published 1982 by Black Rose/S&S Press, Austin Tx ISBN-13: 978-0-934646-12-3, ISBN: 0-934646-12-0
"Slim chapbook of poems, staple-binding. A Black Rose book from S&S Press, Austin TX 1982."